History of the United States I / Unit 16 USH1 2294 short lesson, about 20 seconds
What Those Governments Did
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The idea
Reconstruction governments eliminated the Black codes, invested in infrastructure and railroad rehabilitation, and established public education systems enrolling White and Black students alike.
In practice
Hospitals, orphanages and asylums funded, and in places firewood and bread supplied to the poor.
Where people slip
To pay they levied land and property taxes, striking at southern economic inequality's foundation and compounding White landowners' cash poverty.
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